zemstvo
English
Alternative forms
- zempstwo
- zemstwo
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: zĕmsʹtvo, IPA(key): /ˈzɛmstvəʊ/
Noun
zemstvo (plural zemstvos or zemstva)
- (now historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
- 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 52:
- Two of Alexander III's counter-reforms, in 1890 and 1892, greatly increased the governors' powers over the zemstvos and municipal bodies.
Derived terms
- zemstvoist
Translations
a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
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References
- “‖zemstvo” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛm.stvo/
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Swedish
Noun
zemstvo c
- a zemstvo, a regional and local representation in Russia, introduced by a decree in 1864
Declension
| Declension of zemstvo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | zemstvo | zemstvon | zemstvoer | zemstvoerna |
| Genitive | zemstvos | zemstvons | zemstvoers | zemstvoernas |
Synonyms
- landsting (regional representation in Sweden, introduced in 1863)
References
- Ryssland in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)
- Zemstvo in Tidens Lexikon (1926)
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